Posted on 27/11/04
Desperately seeking succour
Banishing VeronaBy Margot LiveseyHenry Holt, 321 pages, $33.95Verona MacIntyre, the elusive heroine of Margot Livesey's fifth novel, is the sort of woman who can stop clocks. Every time she tries to wear a wristwatch, it winds up going "haywire" after just a few days. No one knows for certain why this happens. "The watchmaker I went to had some mad theory about personal electricity" is the best explanation that she can muster.
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